Episode Report Card Pamie: A+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT No Vacancy
By Pamie | Season 4 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.17.2004
I don't even care that The Troubadour is singing a little song in the middle of Stars Hollow now. Rory walks past and says hello. He doesn't sing hi back.
Lorelai is inside Luke's (dirty!) watching Luke like a hawk when Rory enters. Rory complains that Lorelai didn't wake her up, and that at this rate she'll be sleeping her entire break away. Lorelai says that Rory was like Farrah on Letterman. Lorelai asks Rory to pay attention to how Luke is acting. Luke walks over and pours the girls some coffee. He asks if they need a minute. Lorelai goes all crazy with the stammering and the awkward, and says they do need a minute. Luke leaves, and Lorelai asks Rory what she thought -- if she noticed anything weird or different. I notice that Rory's holding a cup of boiling hot coffee in the palm of her hand. That's weird. Lorelai keeps asking Rory questions as Rory gets more and more confused regarding the line of questioning. Lorelai takes Rory's hand and leads her out of the diner.
Outside the diner, Lorelai man-handles Rory a bit, prompting the question, "What's your damage, Heather?" Lorelai tells Rory that she might be dating Luke. Rory asks how and when. Lorelai says they had a great time at Liz's wedding, and that they danced. Rory asks what kind of dancing they did. "We popped and locked," Lorelai says. Rory asks if it was a fast dance, slow dance, or a group dance like "The Hustle." Lorelai says it was a waltz: "Luke can waltz." Rory: "Luke can waltz?" Lorelai: "Luke can waltz." Rory: "Look how you just said 'Luke can waltz'!" Lorelai: "What? I'm just saying I'm surprised Luke can waltz." Rory: "That sounded more like, 'I'm surprised I still have my clothes on.'" ["Ha. Because it's true." -- Wing Chun] Lorelai tells Rory that nothing else happened, other than that he asked Lorelai out to a movie. Rory says that the movie sounds like dating to her. Rory takes a second to realize this is "our Luke." Also "the town Luke," and that they see him every day and he's a part of their lives. Yes, and your mother's about to ruin another lifelong relationship of yours with her terrible romantic decisions. Say hi to Christopher for us, would you? Rory says that everyone will know that Luke and Lorelai are dating, and will know when they're together and not together. She says that Lorelai can't just date Luke, but if she's with him, she's totally with him. If it doesn't work out it'd be bad for both Rory and Lorelai. Man, this is such a great episode. They say what we're thinking! Rory asks Lorelai if she's sure about this, and ready for what kind of commitment it could be. Lorelai says they're getting ahead of themselves, and that this thing with Luke could be a totally innocent situation. She says they should go back in and see if anything's weird.